Scholar
Yingdan Lu
Google Scholar ID: V_qZ9PwAAAAJ
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University
Citations & Impact
Citations
802
H-index
12
i10-index
12
Publications
20
Co-authors
9
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published papers in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Political Science, Political Communication, New Media & Society, and Human–Computer Interaction, as well as in peer-reviewed conference proceedings like the ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW).
Research Experience
- Director of the Computational Media and Politics Lab, co-director of the Computational Multimodal Communication Lab, and core faculty in Northwestern's Media, Technology, and Society (MTS) and Technology and Social Behavior (TSB) PhD programs.
Education
- Received a Ph.D. in Communication from Stanford University in 2023, advised by Professor Jennifer Pan; also earned a Ph.D. minor in Political Science and a M.A. degree from the Center of East Asian Studies. Obtained a B.A. degree from the School of Journalism and Communication at Tsinghua University.
Background
- Research interests include the role of digital technologies in authoritarian politics and multimodal communication. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University and the director of the Computational Media and Politics Lab.
Miscellany
- Personal interests not mentioned
